So I’ve been gone a while. Sorry about that. After Summer Games Done Quick and the Redstate Gathering, I was supposed to be back in action. But a case of the shingles took me down fast. I was a sleepless zombie in pain for a week. No fun. Was actually alright on Friday, but I had so much reading to do I couldn’t catch up in time to post on Friday, so here we are. Hang on.

So, Bitcoin. The Germans are endorsing it, which I guess means Nazis will start using it to fund their activities which are illegal in that country. Meanwhile, both New York and the US Senate are looking into Bitcoin. I however don’t think we need new laws or regulations, as much as we need enforcement of existing laws against the criminal activities that are propping up Bitcoin’s price.

Quick hits regarding bad actors: Oh look, a hacker “from Palestine” with a Snowden avatar broke into Facebook, but claims it’s for research. Whelp, time for Facebook to do some audits to see what other things this probable terrorist ally has done.

Speaking of Edward Snowden, an email service he used, presumably to smuggle information he later sold to the highest bidder, is under attack. Good.

If wanting rapist Julian Assange to be droned is wrong, then I don’t want to be right. Just don’t do it in England. Wait until he’s in some remote location away from there.

How badly did they have Aaron Swartz dead to rights? Even as his defenders basically admit his guilt by calling it “civil disobedience,” as though Swartz were the new Martin Luther King, Secret Service had evidence of his plans all along. He should have pled out, the arrogant fool.

Back when Lulzsec was at large, I kept cheering on the obviously-existing efforts to roll them up. I’m glad the convictions continue. Anarchists ruining their own lives in the end, seems like a trend.